Wrapper for piece goods



Feb. 14, 1928. 1,658,981

F. GALBRAITH ET AL WRAPPER FOR PIECE GOODS Filed Oct. 22, 1926 2Sheets$heet 1 k INVENTORSI I 6 BY W. Z 1. Va

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Feb 14, 1928. 1,658,981

F. GALBRAITH ET AL WRAPPER FOR PIECE GOODS Filed Oct. 22, 1926 2Sheets-Sheet 2 444 .1 H r-20 1 E i I i i i -i 4/54 1NVENT 0RJ'- M TATTORNEY.

Patented Feb. 14, 1928.

UNITED STATES 1,658,981 PATENT OFFICE...

FREDERICK GALBRAITH, or BELLAIRE PARK, AND WILLIAM VALET, on NEW YORK,N. Y.

WRAPPER FOR PIECE GOODS.

Application filed October 22, 1926. Serial No. 143,480.

This invention is a wrapper for textile piece goods.

The wrapper is preferably made of paper, although other materials couldbe used. The principal object of the invention is to provide a wrapperwhich can be quickly and securely fastened in closed position around thepiece goods, protecting them against soiling while on the shelves or inshipment, l and which can also be rapidly and easily undone fordisplaying the goods to customers.

Another object of the invention is to provide a wrapper havinginterlocked devices 15 made out of the material of the wrapper, therebydispensing with tying tapes, strings and buttons, and similar fasteningarrangements.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention one edge of the wrapper isprovided with tongue and slot means, and the opposite edge is providedwith a securing strap.

The tongue member is passed under and around this securing strap and isthen bent 25 back on itself and engaged in the slots, and

thus the two edges .are securely locked together. An important featureof the invention is the securing strap and cooperating parts. Thesecuring strap is preferably 30 made from the materlal of the wrapper bya pair of substantially parallel cuts, the cuts being made through. apiece of cloth or the like pasted onto the body portion of the wrapper.Thus the strap is thoroughly re- 11.3 enforced. Passing through thesetwo cuts, and therefore passing underneath the strap is a substantiallyfiat guide member, which greatly facilitates the threading of the tongueunderneath the strap.

Suitable reenforcement is also provided for the tongue and slot means,as will ap pear.

In order to describe the invention more specifically reference is madeto the accom- 4:. panying drawings illustrating a preferred embodimentof the invention. It should be understood, however, that the inventionis not to be limited to the precise details described.

Referring now to these drawings,

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing the wrapper spread out flat;

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the first step in applying the wrapperaround a bolt 0:. of piece goods;

3 is a similar view showing the wrapper in closed or locking position;and

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the securing strap, as seen from the oppositeside from the showing in Fig. 1.

In these figures, 5 indicates the body portion of the wrapper, ofgeneral rectangular shape, made of paper or other suitable material.Protecting flaps 6 may be secured at either end of the body portion 5,which are to be folded in over the end of the bolt of piece goods forkeeping out dust.

Near one edge 5" of the body portion 5 is a tongue member 8, which maybe integral with the body portion 5. The tongue 8 comprises a connectingportion 9 and body portion 10.

Adjacent the body portion 10 of the tongue is a pair of slots 12,located as shown. A piece of recnforcing material 13, such as cloth, maybe pasted over all the tongue members 8, 9 and 10 and onto the bodyportion of the wrapper around the slots 12, thereby reenforcing thetongue and slots against tearing.

The securing strap will now be described. A piece of cloth or the likeis pasted near the opposite edge 5 of the wrapper. Then twosubstantially parallel cuts 16 and 17 are made, through the piece 15 andthrough the body portion 5 of the wrapper thus defining the securingstrap 18, which it will be seen is reenforced by the piece of cloth 15.

A substantially flat guide member is then passed through the cuts orslots 16 and 17 and pasted in this position, as shown more clearly inFig. 4:. The portions of the guide member 20 to the right and left ofcuts 16 and 17 are pasted onto the wrapper 5, as shown in Fig. 4. Theportion of member 20 under the strap 18 is not pasted. This member 20may be of paper. As will be apparent from Fig. 4 a tongue may bethreaded into cut 17, under strap 18 and out of cut 16.

Any desired number of the described fastening means can be used.

The wrapper is secured in position by bending the right-hand side 5 ofthe wrapper around the piece goods, and then bringing the edge 5 overit. The lines of fold are indicated by the longitudinally extending,parallel, full length dotted lines, Fig. 1. The tongue 8 is thenthreaded int o the cut 17 (see Fig. 4) under the strap 18 and out of thecut 16, as shown in Fig. 2. The tongue is then bent back on itself overthe strap 18 and the two end tabs 8 of the tongue are slipped into thetwo slots 12, thus locking the wrapper in place around the bolt ofgoods. The tongues 8 are sutlieiently flexible to permit them to be benttor insertion into the slots 12, and yet are suilicientlystifi' so thatafter they are in place in the slots, they will flatten out and form alocking engagement.

\Ve claim as our invention 1. A wrapper for piece goods and the like,comprising a body portion having tongue and slot ineaps near one edge,and a securing strap near the opposite edge, the securing strap beingformed from the body portion by a pair of substantially parallel cuts, asubstantially flat guide member passing through said cuts and secured insuch position, the tongue passing around the strap member, between itand the flat guide memher, and thereafter engaging in the said slotmeans.

2. A wrapper for piece goods and the like, comprising abody portionhaving tongue and slot means near one edge and a cooper ating securingstrap near the opposite edge, the strap being defined by two cuts, meansfor reeni'orcing the securing strap, a substantially fiat guide memberpassing through said cuts and secured in such position, the tonguepassing into one cut and out of the other, between the guide member andthe strap, and then around the strap and thereafter being engaged insaid slot means.

3. A wrapper for piece goods and the like, comprising a body portionhaving a pair of slots near one edge defining between them a securingstrap, a substantially flat guide member pass ng under said strap andsecured in that position, a tongue carried by the other edge of the bodyportion, the tongue being threaded through said slots, under thesecuring strap, and means for securing the end of the tongue.

*1. A wrapper for piece goods and the like. ('(mlln'lslllg a bodyportion having a. pair of longtudinal slots near one edge definingbetween them a securing strap, a substantially llai guide member passingunder said strap and secured in that position, a tongue carried by theother edge of the-diody portion, the tongue being threaded through saidslots, under the securing strap, and bent back over the securing strap,and transverse slot means for securing the end of the bent back tongue.

A wrapper for piece goods and the like, comprising a body portion thesides of which are foldable toward each other into overlappingrelationship, the lines of fold being substantially parallel, one sideof the body portion having a pair of longitudinally extending slotsdefining between them a seem"- ing strap, a tongue carried by the oposite side of the. body portion, the tongue eing threaded through theslots, under the securing strap and bent back over the securing strap,and means comprising a transversely extending slot, for securing the endof the tongue.

(i. A wrapper for piece goods and the like, comprising a. body portionthe sides of which are foldablc toward each other into overlappingrelationship, the lines of fold being substantially parallel, one sideof the body portion having a pair of longitudinally extending slotsdefining between them a securing strap, a tongue carried by the oppositeside of the body portion, the tongue being threaded through the slots,under the securing strap and bent back over the securing strap. meanscomprising a transversely extending slot, for securing the end of thetongue, and means for reenforcing the tongue and transverse slot againsttearing.

7. A wrapper for piece goods and the like, comprising a body portion thesides of which are foldable toward each other into overlappingrelationship, the lines of fold being sub stant ally parallel, one sideof the body portion having a pair of longitudinally extending slotsdefining between them a securing strap, a tongue carried by the oppositeside of the body and having end tabs, said opposite side of the bodyhaving a pa r of tl'tlnsversely extending slots near the base of thetongue, the tongue bein threaded through the longitudinal slots, underthe securing strap and then bent back over the securing strap, thetongue being held in such bent back position by engagement of said endtabs in said transverse slots.

8. A wrapper for piece goods and the like. comprising a body portionhaving a pair of longitudinal slots near one edge defining between thema securing strap, a substantially flat guide member passing under saidstrap and secured in that. position, a tongue carried by the oppositeside of the body and having end tabs, said opposite side of the bodyhaving a pair of transversely extending slots near the base of thetongue, the tongue being threaded through the longitudinal slots, underthe securing strap and then bent back over the securing strap, thetongue being held in such bent back position by engagement of said endtabs in said transverse slots.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

FREDERICK GALBRAITH. WILLIAM VALET,

